Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Foie Gras!

After visiting Fauchon in Paris, my credit card company turned my card off because "spending over $200 at a French grocery store" was suspicious. They must not know anything about me. Above is the whole duck foie gras I smuggled home in my luggage, along with some honey, which made me nervous- forbidden animal products! Shhhh, don't tell.

I decided to use more of my Christine Ferber raspberry jam with the foie. I warmed some of the jam up in a saucepan and added balsamic vinegar and Courvoisier and reduced it into a paste, which I then cooled. I served cold slices of the buttery salty meat over a thin slice of baguette and topped each piece with a smear of the jam/vinegar/cognac.

Oh, I'll wash the dishes.

I'm a 27 year old girl living in Chicago. I love cooking and France and baking and France and my dog that looks like a bear (and who is part French). These are the things that I do, and the things that I make, and the things that I like.